About this Dashboard
The Food Popularity Dashboard is designed to explore food preferences across different locations in the United States. Its main purpose is to help users identify regional trends in restaurant popularity, cuisine types, and review visualized Yelp data. Users can interact with the dashboard by selecting specific states or cuisines through filters and drop-down menus on top, allowing for a focused comparison of restaurant counts, review counts, between different states and categories. Treemaps and barcharts update dynamically based on filters or direct interactions with the graphs, enabling intuitive exploration of regional dining habits and most-reviewed businesses by category. It's a valuable tool for for both local food enthusiasts and tourists seeking popular dining experiences.
How to Use the Graphs
🟠 Left Graph: Top Restaurants by Restaurant Type or State
- Each colored dot represents a restaurant, categorized by type/state.
- Hover over a point to view rating, review count, and type.
- Ctrl + Click on a point to open its location in Google Maps.
🟢 Middle Graph: Filtering by Brush Select
- Click and drag to draw a selection box ("brush").
- This filters restaurants based on User Rating and Review Count.
- Use this to focus on high-rated or frequently reviewed restaurants.
- Ctrl + Click on a point to open its location in Google Maps.
🔵 Right Graph: Brush Display
- Displays only the data points selected from the middle graph.
- Use this view to analyze the filtered selection in detail.
- Ctrl + Click on a point to open its location in Google Maps.